Craig Wright
Craig Steven Wright is an Australian computer scientist and businessman. He claims to be the real person behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto—the creator of bitcoin—a claim that is disputed within the bitcoin community.
After the session with the Council of Bogota, Craig Wright reportedly received a special document recognizing his work in Bitcoin as Satoshi Nakamoto, adding to the earlier patents he’s registered with the U.S. copyright office in that regard.
Paul Solotshi Calder Le Roux, doubted as a real Satoshi Nakamoto is also the creator of encryption software E4M and TrueCrypt, the cryptography encryption software Satoshi Nakamoto likely used to lock up his 1 million BTC.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly questioned both Binance and Bitcoin SV in an interview he gave to YouTuber Hardcore Crypto. He called Craig S Wright’s Bitcoin SV a “complete scam”.
Peter McCormack shared the details of how Wright’s libel case against him has been developing. He now has to decide on how to act regarding the libel accusation and choose one of the options he has.
A second copyright registration for the Bitcoin white paper has appeared on the public catalog of the United States Copyright Office, indicating that a person named Wei Liu is claiming to have originated the work under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
Bitcoin SV, the brainchild of the self-proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright, went crazy with an 82% price increase over the last 24h. The unprecedented pump, which allowed the coin to take eighth spot on the CMC top 10, was allegedly triggered by fake news.
Even though, anybody can apply, Craig Wright has been granted copyright registrations for the original Bitcoin Whitepaper with the US Copyright Office. The pro-Bitcoin SV publication has used the news as evidence that Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto.
Satoshi Craig Wright sued Bitcoin Cash figurehead, and former business partner, Roger Ver for libel after being called a “fraud and a liar.” Ver responded by seemingly debunking Wright’s claim that he controlled several high-profile Bitcoin addresses.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao established a new Binance Charity Foundation program to help out those who struggle to pay legal fees after being sued by Craig Wright. In such a way, he wants to prevent the self-proclaimed Satoshi from bullying people.
This edition of Max’s Corner deals with developments in a couple of fields touched on before, namely advancements in cryptography and the hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto.
